Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor

News about Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 22, 2012

Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor issues report concluding that the ability of New York area ports to compete for cargo shipments is threatened by the pervasive influence of organized-crime families and untenable work rules maintained by the New York Shipping Association, local arm of the International Longshoreman's Association. MORE

Mar. 21, 2012

New York Shipping Association, continuing to insist that the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor has no authority to regulate hiring on the docks around New York Harbor, refuses to participate in a commission hearing; union's refusal is latest setback to the commission's campaign to diversify a work force that is predominantly white and male. MORE

Dec. 1, 2011

Visibly irritated members of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, which oversees dockworkers, ask New York Shipping Association president Joseph Curto why the response to repeated requests for a more diverse pool of candidates for temporary stevedore positions is a list that is nearly all white men; Curto claims that he is trying to overcome '60 years of custom and practice and a different mind-set' on the part of the International Longshoreman's Association, the union that has maintained an iron grip of the ports for decades. MORE

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The report by the New York inspector general for the waterfront commission of New York Harbor, filed August 2009, and the letter to Michael J. Madonna, the waterfront commissioner, from Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey, calling for his resignation.